What colleges would be a match?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>I am a junior, and with the academic year ending, am already far too behind on my College Search. I intend to go for a CS Major; I harbor a good interest for the subject. What colleges should I go for, that would be a match?</p>

<p>Details -
International Student
Financial Aid - Minimal requirement ( or none at all)
School Examinations - In the range of 80-90% ; Top 10% of the class in a class of 60
10th - 9.6 CGPA
SAT - Expectations ~2200 (June)
Recommendations - Expected to be great</p>

<p>ECs (up until now) -
National TV Tech Quiz Show
TCS IT Wiz 2011 - 4th Place at Regionals
TCS IT Wiz 2012 - Regional Champion - 4th at Nationals
Emcee at the School Annual Day - 2012
Rotary Club GK Quiz 2011 - Winner
Mahatma Hansraj (Inter-DAV Schools) Football Tournament - On the winning team
Western Region Inter-DAV Football Tournament - Champions
Touch Rugby Tournament - Winners
Built more than 10 Professional Website Projects
Code in 4 Programming & 4 Scripting Languages ( Narrowly missed this year's IOITC :/ )
UCO 2008; IIO 2008,2010; NCO 2008,2009 - School Topper
Amateur Guitar Player</p>

<p>Please do recommend some match & safety colleges... Also where do you think I stand on the HYSPM front? Just curious :P</p>

<p>Thanks a ton!</p>

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<p>Those schools are reaches. You are a great candidate, but those schools generally only admit a few hundred international students each. </p>

<p>Try the top state schools, such as UCLA, which admitted 32% of international applicants last year (as opposed to 3-8% at HYPSM).</p>

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<p>As Bubbles said, top publics will probably suit you well. </p>

<p>Berkeley, UIUC, Mich are all good options for CS.</p>

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<p>Matches/Safeties </p>

<p>Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
UIUC
RPI
Northeastern
Case Western</p>

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<p>What do you think about the Ivy Leagues? And which private colleges, with a good CS program, would be a match/safety?
Well, I do have another year, and I can work towards strengthening my app further…</p>

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<p>Safety: Rochester Institute Of Technology (RIT) New York</p>

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<p>Any thoughts?</p>

<p>My list so far, roughly,
R -
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Stanford
Cornell
Columbia
Carnegie Mellon
University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Not sure about the CS program at Brown & Dartmouth</p>

<p>M/S -
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Case Western
University of Washington
New York University
Boston University
Emory University
George Washington University
Georgetown University</p>

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<p>So far you have around 20 schools in the most different locations and of a variety of sizes. </p>

<p>I I were you I would now continue by choosing your absolute favorite schools for each of the three categories, around 2-3. Then you could add schools that are like those and make a list of no more than 12-14. I know that it is though for internationals, but it’s better to have stronger applications to fewer schools than the other way round! You should also check whether you can find a favorite school that offers an early action program. That would be a great option.</p>

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<p>You really need to decide what you want in a school (size, location, weather, student body, cost, etc), and look more closely at each school. Instead of just throwing all the ivies and top public schools on a list, you should narrow it down to ones that truly interest you the most. You may want to use a college matching program or website if you can’t decide</p>